Sprinkler for bottles.



Patented Mar. '27, |900,

H. 0. BRAWNER.

SPRINKLER FOB BOTTLES.

(Application led Jan. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

STATES- .PATENT muon.

HARRY O. BRAVNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

sPRlNKLl-:R FOR BOTTLES. v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 646,349, dated March27, 1900; Application filed January 22, 1900. Serial No. 2,345. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may conci/ern:

Beit known that I, HARRY O. BRAWNER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Baltimore, State 0f Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sprinklers for Bottles, of which the following`is a specification;

The object of 'my invention is to provide a cheap and simple form ofbottlestopper devised for the purpose of preventing the escape of thecontents of a bottle except when the same is held in an invertedposition and is shaken or agitated, the stopper also tightly closing thebottle when the same is not being used to discharge the contents.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side View, partly in section,of a bottle with cork or stopper therefor constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 isasimi'- lar View of part of the bottle, showingthe same inverted and illustrating the manner in which the stopperprevents the escape of the contents of the bottle under such conditions;and Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the manner in which the contents ofthe bottle are permitted to escape in limited quantity at the time theinverted bottle is shaken.

In Fig. l abottle, which may be of any suitable size or shape, isrepresented at l, the mouth of this bottle being closed by a cork 2,which has a central opening extending through it, the upper portion 3 ofthis opening being of somewhat greater diameter than the lower portione, so as to form at a point adjacent to the lower end of the cork aninternal shoulder 5. The enlarged portion 3 of the opening in the corkis closed at the top by a plug 6, preferably of glass and having anornamental head or top of any desired character, this plug serving toprevent access of air to the contents of the bottle. p

It is desirable in a certain class of bottles-- such as those intendedfor tooth powder, tooth -Washes, condiments, dvd-to provide meanswhereby a free iiow of the contents from the bottle is prevented whenthe bottle is inverted, a flow limited in quantity being permitted whenthe bottle while held in an inverted position is shaken or agitated.

The object of my invention is to provide simple, cheap, and effectivemeans whereby this result maybe attained; and theinvention consists inthe use, in connection wit-h the in ternally-shouldered cork 2, of astopper, such as shown in the drawings, this stopper being shapedsomething like a dumb-bell and hav.- ing a central shank or stem 7, alower head or enlargement 8, and an upper head or en'- largement 9,these heads being preferably flattened on the sides adjoining the shankor stem, 'so as to seat firmly upon the under side 0r internal shoulderof the cork.

The stem or shank 7 of the stopper is of a diameter somewhat less thanthe diameter of the contracted opening 4 at the lower end of the cork,and the diameter of the head9 of the stopper is somewhat less than thediame ter of the enlarged portion 3 of the opening in the cork. p

It should be observed that the diiference in diameter .between the stemor shank 7 and the opening e is such as to provide a droppingorifice forthe contents of the bottle. By this means, therefore, a simple andeffective sprinkler for bottles is provided which will permit thesprinkling of the contents of the bottle when the latter is inverted andagig tated and in which the contents will be seated against dischargewhen the bottle is at rest in any position. held in the invertedposition, as shown in Fig. 2, the head 8 of the stopper seating upon theinner end of the cork will prevent escape of the contents from thebottle; but if the bottle is agitated, so as to cause the stopper tomove up and down, a certain portion of the contents of the bottle willon each rise of the stopper ii'nd its Wayaround the stem 7 and head 9,as shown in Fig. 3, and escape from the opening 3 in the cork, the plug6 ot' course having previously been removed. The head 9 of the stopperis of somewhatless size than the head 8, so that in inserting thestopper undue expansion of the inner end of the cork will not be causedby thrusting said head 9 through the opening el at said lower end of thecork, and the diameter of the enlarged upper portion of the opening 3 inthe cork may be reduced as much as possible, so as to avoid cutting awaytoo much of the material of the cork, the head 8 of the stopper beinglarger than the head 9 in order to give the stopper the desired weight.

The stopper is preferably made of glass, so

When, therefore, the bottle isl IOO that it will not injuriously aectnor be inj uriously aiected by the contents of the bottle. Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. A bottle-stopper and sprinkler'consisting of a cork havingformed therein a longil tudinal opening contracted in diameter at theinner end so as to form an internal shoulder in the cork, and a stoppercomprising a simple stem or shank with enlarged heads at the ends of thesame, the stem of said shank occupying a contracted opening at the innerend of the cork and being slightly less in diameter than said opening,and the upper head of the stopper being adapted to seat upon theinternal shoulder of the cork and to occupy the enlarged upper portionof the opening which is of greater diameter than said head whereby whenthe bottle is inverted and agitated a portion of the contents thereofwill be sprinkled and the said contents sealed against discharge whent-he bottle is at rest, substantially as specified.

2. A bottle-stopper and sprinkler comprising a cork with centrallongitudinal opening contracted in diameter at the inner portion of thecork so as to form an internal shoulder in said cork, and a stoppercomprising a stem or shank with enlarged heads at its opposite ends,saidstem or shank occupying the contracted opening at the inner end ofthe cork and being of slightly-less diameter than said opening and theupper head seating upon the internal shoulder of the cork and being ofless diameter than the enlarged upper portion of the opening in saidcork and said heads having fiat faces on the sides adjacent to the stemwhereby when the bottle is inverted and agitated a portion of thecontents thereof will be sprinkled and the said contents sealed againstdischarge when the bottle is at rest, substantially as specified.

3. A bottle-stopper and sprinkler comprisi diameter than the enlargedportion of the opening in said cork and also of less diame` ter than thehead at the other end of the stem or shank of the stopper, whereby whenthe bottle is inverted and agitated a portion of the con-tents thereofwill be sprinkled and the said contents sealed against discharge whenthe bottle is at rest, substantially as specified.

4. A bottle-stopper and sprinkler consisting of a cork having formedtherein an opening, and a stopper comprising a simple stem with enlargedheads, the said stem occupying said opening and being sufliciently lessin di ameter than said opening to provide a drop ping-orifice, wherebywhen the bottle is inverted and agitated a portion of the contentsthereof will be sprinkled in drops through the said dropping oriiice,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subseribin g Witnesses.

HARRY O. BRAVNER.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. SEALEs, F. C. VAN LONE.

